I could not find any definitions for the CoilSolver, so I put one together. The solver shows up in the "Equation" and "Boundary Condition" menus, as desired; however, there are some issues:
- The Boundary Condition Options "Current Density BC", "Coil Start" and "Coil End" do not show
- The data type's don't seem to be recognized correctly. When I check one of the boxes in the solver specific options and run the solver, I get an error that "true" is not recognized. I have to set it to "Logical true" in the .sif manually. I copied the XML code from another EDF, so there should be no difference (on the EDF side).
I also tried and set up a test case (a single closed loop surrounded by air), but the solver just returns me NaNs. I'll have another look at this next week, but if anyone finds out what's wrong in the meantime, I'm also happy. I'm well aware that, according to the docs, the CoilSolver is still in Alpha state (according to the docs) and there might be difficulties. I run Elmer on a Win7 machine, so things might also look different under Linux.
One question: the solver has a field "Coil dy". I assume that this is meant to be the Diameter of the coil, is that right?